Firooz Bahram High School

Firooz Bahram High School
دبیرستان فیروز بهرام
Location
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ST Mirza Kuckkhan, Tehran, Iran
Coordinates35°41′43″N 51°24′50″E / 35.69539°N 51.41385°E / 35.69539; 51.41385
Information
Founded1932
FounderBhramjy Bikajy
Websitefiroozbahram.ir

Firooz Bahram High School (دبیرستان فیروز بهرام) is one of Tehran's oldest high schools still in operation.

History

Built in 1932, it was constructed on the property of Zoroastrians such as Ardeshir Kiamanesh. The school was named after an Iranian Zoroastrian that died in the Mediterranean in World War I. The school's establishment was supported by the then Zoroastrian representative in the Majles, Keikhosrow Shahrokh.[1]

Notables

The Zoroastrian symbol Farvahar on the main facade of the building.

Seyyed Hossein Nasr (President of Sharif University) went to Firooz Bahram High School before leaving for the United States.[2] A Prime Minister of Iran, Chancellor of Tehran University, and Ezzat Negahban (Iran's father of Archeology)[3] are among the alumni of this school. The school was not the first Zoroastrian high school in Tehran however. That credit is given to Jamshid Jam (جمشيد جم) High School built in 1906.[1]

Kamaloddin Jenab, one of Iran's pioneers of nuclear physics was director of the school for a while.[citation needed]

Architecture

The architecture of the building is that of the Qajar era.[citation needed]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "BBCPersian.com". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-04-07.
  2. ^ جهانبگلو. رامین. در جستجوی امر قدسی (مصاحبه با دکتر نصر). نشر نی. 1385
    Interview with Ramin Jahanbegloo in: Dar Jostejooye Amr e Qodsi. ISBN 964-312-848-2 p.229
  3. ^ بیوگرافی - شرح حال - عزت الله نگهبان، پدر دانش باستانشناسی نوین ایران Archived July 15, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
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